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Melbourne Tonight

Postby Oz_Beachside on Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:36 am

two from tonight, 7zark7 spotted the lights in the foyer at Federation Square, so we headed down there.

This was a test shot for exposure, and composition, before mounting my camera to the tripod, however, it was the favourite of that set... (funny how it works out that way). This is a helix of blue lights.

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Secondly, my first snap of the flinder street station at night. Was lots of movement there tonight, as a busy saturday with the Australian Open in town (oh, Melbourne and its plethora of annual international events...)

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Postby Grev on Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:18 am

One thing I'd like to move out of Brisbane, not as busy as Sydney or Melbourne! :lol:

Anyway, second one is good, though might of been a bit better with a long exposure.

The first one just reminds me something we did in one of the Brisbane meets. :lol: Which was amazingly fun yet frustrating.
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Postby 7zark7 on Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:35 pm

well i finally got around to sorting out a few of mine, these are the short short list :D

1. Image

2. Image

3. Image

you may have guessed i was a little more eager to get some sleep at 1/4 past two in the morning than Oz was.

your feedback is most appreciated.

p.s. these are the very very small versions and as such the quality is a little diminished

oh yeah please ignore the typo on the third picture :D it's sunday and i'm too lazy to worry about it.

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Postby Oz_Beachside on Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:22 pm

Wow, the 10.5 Fish Eye. Great examples (7zark7's #1 and #2) of a prime.

You are shooting directly into the hotlights on the foyer ceiling, and the star shapes are sensational!!! Coupled with no lens flare. What a great lens!

I like your cropping of the #3 image. However, would love to see it de-fished. Perhaps someone can advise on how this is done in PS2???
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Postby 7zark7 on Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:38 pm

yeah the more i get to use it the more i like the 10.5mm it's a really really nice piece of glass.

de-fished, i know photo shop is good but can you seriously take out the bulge from a 10.5?

ok challenge time i'll post up the original and we can leave it to the experts to de-fish and share how to do it.

i'll cut the file size down first though.

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ok here it is

http://dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?p=274087#274087

my first ask the experts mini challenge

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